SPREAD EAGLE

[yogi]

On the front page today there is a video from the band Spread Eagle. UI knew that John Curulewski (JC) formed the band Spread Eagle after leaving Styx. I believe he formed the band in the late 70’s. Anyway, I gave it a listen. To my surprise this wasn’t his band.

How’s this possible with copyright’s of band names etc??? This band ‘ Spread Eagle’ has other videos all over YouTube.

[FormerDJMike]

I'm sure that since the band is defunct that the name could be used. Not sure they even filed a copyright on it since they were pretty much a local band. There are some live shows in YouTube with JC playing. I think the drummer of the band posted the videos.
Listen to JC's version here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE3v3F3rgdQ

There are a couple of metal bands I listen to that have multiple band names. One is Ultimatum out of New Mexico. There are at least 3 other bands with the same name. And another called Die Happy. One is a metal band from the 90's, the other is has a female vocalist and is relatively new. Not sure how bands go about keeping their names but it happens all the time.

[TageRyche]

Pretty sure the Spread Eagle band on the front page has been around for a while too, so this would seem to be something that has been going on for a while.